Artist Ai Weiwei banned from using Lego to build Australian artwork “An earlier major exhibition of Ai Weiwei’s work, held inside Alcatraz island penitentiary in the San Francisco bay, featured works made out of the plastic construction toys…. The piece, titled Trace, showed pixelated images of more than 175 prisoners…
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Shepard Fairey vandalism case ‘disappoints’ Detroit arts community Shepard Fairey: force of urban regeneration or malicious vandal? DETROIT ROCKS: Thank You! Crimes of Style ~ Jean Michel Basquiat (8)
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Let’s be clear: what I have to say here about being queer and married is about me. It’s not about you. If you’re LGBT or queer, and you wanted and are happy to be married, and if I have not already told you so personally, I extend cheers, congratulations, and…
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The Dignity in Schools Campaign’s 6th Annual National Week of Action Against School Pushout will take place from Saturday, October 3rd to Sunday, October 11, 2015. This year’s theme is Invest in Public Education, Not Prison Cultivation!
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As October approaches, it is that time again, time for the now twice-yearly extravaganza known as the “Wildest Show in the South”. The famous/infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola Prison Rodeo, a tradition that spans nearly 50 years.
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Three years ago the Supreme Court ruled on the cases of Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs , striking down statutes in 29 states that provided for mandatory life-without-parole (JLWOP) sentences for children.
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The story seems an impossible one, too incredible to be true. How could there be an art class for prisoners at Rikers Island? How could it be that Salvador Dali was planning to attend one day in 1965? How could the painting he gifted to prisoners with be safe in…
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What follows is the introduction to an educational resource developed by Project NIA on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Attica Prison revolt. Criminal Injustice is honored to republish this today, on the 44th anniversary of the Attica uprising. The legacy of the inmate resistance remains eternally relevant,…
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